The Corp has really been testing my loyalty to the hooch lately. Today I had had enough! Recently I’ve heard so many people rant and rave about the chattooga, so I woke up way to dam early and made my way up to Burrells Ford to get a break from these tsunami releases and also to see what all the fuss is about.
I initially through streamers which was a mistake. These blue bird sky’s had em hunkered down deep.
So about an hour in I started nymphing and it didn’t take long to get into some healthy browns. All the browns I caught were between 13-15”(a nice change from all the snits I’ve been catching lately) and I broke one off that might’ve been(but probably wasn’t) 16”+. I landed a couple stockers as well. One of which looked like he had found himself on the business end of some big ol kype jaw. He had an identical chunk missing from his other gill plate.
After a few hours of productive and serene fishing I made the dreaded two and a half hour drive back to loganville to rejoin society once again.
While it might be a little far for another day trip anytime soon I will definitely be back armed with a tent sooner rather than later.
This was an incredible fishing trip and I’m so glad I finally made it up to the chattooga.

Nice report Erik! The Chattooga is tough but amazing rive to fish! I plan on more trips myself and want to see if there are some dinosaur browns left in her. Those fish, like the Hooch browns will take an immense amount of work! Who is up for the challenge?